Outside the Law

-Daddy!

Yes, Messaoud?

-The gendarmes!

-Where?

Oh, my God...

Said, stay close to me.

Good morning.

I have a court order.

This land belongs to Mr.

Guerini, your neighbor.

-Mr Caid,

this earth, I inherited

it from my ancestors.

-Do you have a document of ownership?

-What document?

We've never had one.

-Without a document, there's nothing I can do.

You have to leave.

-Impossible.

I was born on this land.

My father was born here.

My grandfather, my ancestors...

My children have grown up here!

-You have three days to leave.

-If I leave my land,

how should I feed my children?

-It's the law, I can't

do anything about it.

-Have they gone mad?

We're chasing a

piece of paper.

I will die and be buried here!

It's not fair!

It's a sin, what you're doing.

God damn you!

-Do not cry Mama,

we will return.

It's nothing.

Go help your father, Said. Go.

-School is over.

-What?

Leave school?

I am among the best students.

This is not fair.

-How should I pay for it?

Remember that this land is ours.

It saw you being born and grow up.

Today,

we hunt.

May God punish them.

Free Algeria!

Equal rights!

Free Algeria!

Equal rights!

-Come on forward.

-I have my match.

-Germany has lost.

We will win our freedom.

-Me, I earn my living.

-Said!

-Remove

the djellaba.

Come here, you.

Take good care,

and don't be afraid.

Listen carefully.

If you lose, you shall

not eat tonight.

-Halim! Halim!

-Equal Rights!

-Dodge!

-Give this to me!

-Let go!

Take off your hand!

Don't do that! Stop!

Hide.

-Open, open!

The door!

Let me in.

Hide this.

-Fire!

-Now, go back home.

And most importantly,

hide.

Is that clear?

Don't go out.

Save yourself!

Wait.

Save yourself!

-Hands up!

-Get out. Go.

-Go!

Come on!

-Faster.

-Daddy!

Dad!

Dad? Dad?

Get up, Dad.

Dad.

No, Dad, don't die.

Dad...

-They're dead.

May God rest their souls.

May he give me strength

and patience.

May he welcome them into

his vast paradise.

My dear Messaoud

I hope my letter

finds you alive.

I hope that this war in Indochina

will end soon.

Your brother Abdelkader

is in prison in France.

It has now been 8 years that

I haven't seen you.

Fortunately your brother,

Said, is always by my side.

This morning, we prayed

at the tomb of your father

and your sisters.

-What is it?

-My mother.

May God bless you,

my very dear son.

-Mr. Caid?

Mr. Caid.

-What are you doing here?

-I just came to say hello.

-How did you get in?

-I have a gift for you.

-What's this gift?

-Die!

I've come to avenge my father

and my entire family.

Filthy dog.

Die, you filthy dog.

For everything you did.

Pack your things.

-Why?

-We're going to France.

-I don't want to.

-We're at war.

They will kill us.

-If you think I am alive,

you're wrong.

I'm already dead.

They've killed us.

-Listen

Listen carefully.

Abdelkader is in jail.

He's alone in France.

He needs help.

-And Messaoud?

-He will join us,

he's a soldier.

-In France?

-Sure.

God willing, we will

all return here

to our land,

in our country.

But not to this foxhole.

-I'll tell you...

when I'm sure to find my children,

I'll follow you anywhere.

-God will hear you.

-My brothers,

I bid you farewell.

They're taking me.

Greet Algeria.

Greet my country.

Long live Algeria!

-Come on.

In the name of the

French Republic,

I command the execution.

- The Vietnamese people

broke the chains

that had weighed on them

for a century

for their country to

be independent.

-Otmani...

Don't fall asleep.

Don't sleep.

-Colonial France

is not invincible.

Don't give in to any illusions.

It's over, for your friend.

- The members of the

oppressed nations

must mobilise all their forces,

and be willing to sacrifice their

lives and their property

to wrest from the

colonial forces

their right to be

independent.

You, from African colonies,

take for example the

successful fight

of the Vietnamese people.

Your brothers,

your wives, your children

deserve justice

and freedom!

Fighters, don't be slaves

sacrificed by the colonisers

anymore.

See our victory and

break your chain.

-Here it is.

Come in.

-Come on, Mom. Go in.

Thank you.

Listen, I have no

money for now...

As soon as I find work...

I'll pay you.

Take this watch as security.

It is expensive.

-It's good, it'll do.

-Don't worry, mom,

it's temporary.

Thank God.

It's better than nothing.

At least we have a roof.

My brother...

Where are you going?

To work for Renault.

They're hiring.

What do you say?

-Thanks.

-Salaam aleikoum.

-Salaam.

-May I sit down?

-Please.

-What can one buy with this?

-With that?

You can buy a house...

and get married.

It can even buy you money.

You're new here?

-I'm from Setif.

-From Setif?

Welcome, my brother.

Watch your things.

Think about marriage.

-Sir...

Sir?

Hey, sir!

What's it like to live here?

-You can be a slave for Renault.

-What do you do?

-Me?

I'm different.

-Teach me.

-For a guy like you

that's a long way.

Forget it.

-Excuse me...

Nothing is too hard for me.

I can surprise you.

-Surprise me?

Come on.

Go.

-Mom!

-Are you okay?

-I thank God.

-Did you eat well?

Looks like you got thinner.

Don't worry about me.

-Listen closely

to what I have to say.

You didn't steal.

You didn't kill.

You're not a criminal.

You're in jail for your ideas.

You are a man.

-Everything has an end.

Soon, I will get out.

We'll be together.

-If God wills it

before you die

and be buried by your side.

Fear not, my son.

Be a man.

-Your son is a fighter.

-Here comes the warden.

I'll leave you.

Remember what I said.

Be a man.

Abdelkader.

By taking care of you,

you are taking care of me.

May God be with you.

May God bless you.

-God bless you.

-That's her?

-Yes. That's her.

-Have you talked to her?

-Yes.

-What did you tell her?

-Good.

We're there.

-Is that right, Bigalle?

-Pigalle.

Not with a B. With a P.

Otherwise, they'll laugh at you.

Come with me.

Sit down over there.

It will be your place.

Understood?

And tomorrow, we

share the money.

Good...

Go. Thank you.

-Thanks.

-Wait. Listen carefully.

One whore, not bad.

Two whores...

You're doing.

-I'm hungry.

-Yes, come on.

-Good morning.

-How did you do?

I will return the rest tonight.

-Okay.

-Take it, buy yourself some clothes.

-Even if I had to stay

naked all my life

I wouldn't want your money.

God is my witness.

-Zohra...

It's for my mother.

Don't tell her it's from me.

-Said?

-Messaoud?

My brother?

Messaoud!

Messaoud, my brother!

Where have you been,

where were you?

-You have become a man.

-What else?

-Come and see!

-My son,

my treasure!

-I missed you.

-And you, my son!

-You've become a man.

-You've lost weight.

-He's a commander! Fantastic!

-Your eyes...

-What's happened to them?

-That's war.

-Soon, Abdelkader will be

out of jail.

You are the eldest.

You have to take care

of the family.

I would have liked you to see

your Dad before he died.

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